Informality Rules

In: East European politics and societies and cultures: EEPS, Band 14, Heft 2, S. 348-380

Abstract

Informality prevails in the post-state-socialist regimes of contemporary East-Central Europe. The informal economy has become so pervasive that it is virtually impossible to conduct business without being constrained in some way by the informal sector. The case of Hungary demonstrates that the countries of East-Central Europe have a greater tendency toward informality & are much less likely than their Western counterparts to embrace market formality out of moral considerations. This region's traditional structure & its historical legacy have led to a dysfunction of society & a course of action that is moving away from democratization & social change. K. Larsen